ORANGE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ENDORSE CANDIDATE CHRIS KELLY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Orange County, CA- Citing his commitment to protecting the citizens of California, the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association announced its endorsement of Democratic candidate Chris Kelly for Attorney General. 
  
“We believe that Chris Kelly has a new vision for this state, understands what it takes to keep our streets safe, and will work with first responders to protect the citizens of California,” said Joe Kerr, President of the Orange County Firefighters Association.  
  
The Orange County Professional Firefighters Association represents over 800 professional Firefighters of the Orange County Fire Authority and the Laguna Beach Fire Department. Combined, they provide regional fire protection to 23 cities and 1.5 million citizens in Orange County, California.  Kelly accepted the endorsement and reiterated his commitment to ensure that firefighters are sufficiently equipped to meet the fire rescue needs of Orange County and the entire state of California. 
  
“I am extremely honored to have the support and endorsement of the Orange County Firefighters.  Firefighters and first responders across the state of California—who place their lives on the line to protect our families—deserve to have an Attorney General who will fight for them.  As the next Attorney General of California, I am deeply committed to working with these brave men and women to ensure the safety of all Californians,” said Kelly.   
 
With his unique experience in law, business and public policy, Kelly brings a fresh perspective to the Attorney General’s office.  In the early 1990’s, Kelly served as a domestic policy advisor to former President Clinton before graduating from Harvard Law School and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.  Returning home to California in 1997, Kelly then worked for a federal judge in San Diego, assisting on a wide range of civil and criminal cases such as drug smuggling and money laundering.  
 
Kelly then joined Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati where he represented technology innovators including Netscape in the Microsoft antitrust case. In 2005, when Facebook had only two dozen employees, Kelly served as the company’s first General Counsel and also as Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy, overseeing privacy, security, and safety for one of the most successful Internet-based companies ever.  In his role as Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook, Kelly worked side by side with Attorneys General in all 50 states to make the Internet a safer place, crack down on sexual predators and protect consumers from identity theft. Kelly was also a champion of Facebook’s use to reconnect governments with their citizens.  
 
“As the next Attorney General of California, I will be ready on day-one to provide Californians with innovative solutions to our most serious problems,” said Kelly.